Russian politicians have threatened nuclear war and the destruction of London and New York while also mocking Boris Johnson.
Speaking on the state-run TV channel Rossiya 1, pro- Putin host Vladimir Solovyov mocked the British PM.
Far-right politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky warned that war was inevitable and it would lead to the destruction of London, New York, Kyiv, Warsaw and more major cities in Russia.
The fringe veteran politician was allowed to air his views on state TV as tensions continue to ratchet up over Russia’s actions on the Ukraine border
He was not the only ultranationalist figure to demand that the West give Vladimir Putin the “security guarantees” he wants.
Zhirinovsky said: “They're partying for the last time… champagne, whisky…there is a big tragedy ahead for humanity, for Europe.
"There can only be a solution by force, no other…After the start of an armed conflict in Europe the count [of victims] would be in millions. There would be no time to count.”
He told the TV audience: “Stop flying to New York - this city will soon no longer exist.
“It’s time for events that no-one expects, that seemed a fantasy….
"The great America, the rich Europe - it all can stop….
“With some part of Europe disappearing… Kyiv, Warsaw, Riga, Tallinn and London.
“Not all Europe should be destroyed - but London (yes).
“Let the Scots, Irish, Welsh live.
“But (not) London, always the core of anti-Russian propaganda.”
He was asked by Solovyov: “How can one live without London and its famous dancer Boris Johnson?
“Do you suggest depriving world culture of famous dancer Boris Johnson?”
An old clip showed Johnson dancing and Solovyov went on: “Did you see him dance…? Let's show how he dances…
"These are the people threatening us…telling us who we should be…
“Great country - she is with a sword.
“And Boris Johnson, I'm afraid to imagine what he has….
“This woman is a member of the London assembly.”
The 75-year-old Zhirinovsky was born under the rule of Joseph Stalin and spent most of life living in Communist Russia.
He leads the ultranationalist, pro-Putin Liberal Democratic Party which is the fourth largest in Russian parliament.
During his tirade, he said: “We demand that [the West’s] weapons be moved away from the border with Russia.
“[In my opinion] all nuclear weapons including French and British should be taken out of Europe entirely….
“And if all of these requirements are not met, and they will not be met, [...] then there will be just one 'sanction' left.
“We will make them, not voluntarily but by force, fulfil our requirements.
“And for a long time, forever, to exclude the threat for Russia from the West. This is why there should be no West.”
Host Solovyov warned that "the only way to solve problems is by force of arms” and that a nuclear war was possible.
On the same show, Professor Dmitry Yevstafyev, of the Moscow Higher School of Economics, called for the “denuclearisation of the degrading British monarchy”.
He compared the Queen, with the supposed atomic weapons the Royal Family has, to "a monkey with a hand grenade prepared to pull the pin".
Another MP - Yevgeny Fyodorov, 58, a member of the main pro-Putin United Russia party - also threatened the West with nuclear and biological war.
In a blast on, this time on Youtube, he warned that Putin could decide on using atomic weapons.
The ultimate option “is a preventive strike with nuclear weapons”, he said.
“Or even just with strategic missiles at a training ground in Nevada.
“This is a US military training ground, there are no civilians there.
“If we (give) a two, or three day, warning, this is quite a good option.
“And a demonstration of the seriousness of our intentions.”
Fyodorov, founder of the National Liberation Movement, said another option for Putin, if the West viewed him as bluffing, was to destroy alleged US biological laboratories built in recent years in ex-Soviet states such as Kazakhstan and Georgia.
Such laboratories have been linked in fake news reports to Covid-19 ’s spread.
“If he sees the Americans don’t understand and thought it was a bluff, then let’s then bomb their labs with biological weapons,” he said.
These labs were in the former Soviet Union - “we have the right, this is our territory”, he said.
“There are US troops there and biological laboratories.
“We have the right to bomb.”
